June 17th, 2010 at 5:24 am
Thank Me Later is an extremely well put together album
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yea it is but that cookin soul shit is nice to if youve already had enough of the original….only thing that fuks it up is Don Kennedy yellin before the tracks

June 17th, 2010 at 5:24 am
Thank Me Later is an extremely well put together album
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yea it is but that cookin soul shit is nice to if youve already had enough of the original….only thing that fuks it up is Don Kennedy yellin before the tracks
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who the fuck is Don Kennedy?
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June 17th, 2010 at 5:24 am
Thank Me Later is an extremely well put together album
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yea it is but that cookin soul shit is nice to if youve already had enough of the original….only thing that fuks it up is Don Kennedy yellin before the tracks
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who the fuck is Don Kennedy?
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lol nah it’s deff not that cunt…some other Dj yellin cunt from a long line of Dj yellin fukin up mixtape cunts since 88

sayin weezy and kanye would murder him, smh weezy has elementary lines(read them), its all about how he says things that makes it clever and i aint never heard Kanye drop a diss record, he’s not capable of dissin anyone and prolly wouldnt respond to Em

Slim sound like a real rehab patient apologizing for shit he had in mind to do…

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niggas need to make music and leave it at that, honestly when he mentioned that shit on the cd i was skeptical and let it slide but now reaffirming his beliefs talkin that bs…he’s startin to annoy me talkin

i cant believe Who Dat actually got a music video…that is one weeeeeaak ass single, and i like J Cole (pause) but i jus dont think he’s marketable enough….he needs more fans

^ True that Who Dat is a great mixtape single but not for your fluckin’ debut! It’s was good for Drizzy for drop a album quick before the buzz continued on it’s decline but J. Cole should wait at less a couple more years to build up his fanbase and perfect his musical abilities

^ Yep he is though that’s why I never hate on dude because at least he is giving what the people want and not throwing any kind of song out there because of who they are like Nicki Minaj azz (and what great ass it is tho) just because you kinda get a buzz don’t mean you drop shitbombs like Massive Attack

I’m saying though…Ross is the only commercial artist doing anything right.
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only to internet heads…personally i think hes garbage

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True that Who Dat is a great mixtape single but not for your fluckin’ debut! It’s was good for Drizzy for drop a album quick before the buzz continued on it’s decline but J. Cole should wait at less a couple more years to build up his fanbase and perfect his musical abilities

good morning nah. listening to Mobb Deeps murda muzik, track number 11 – where ya heart at. that track was used by a group back in the day before they used it… Think it was a group named the legion, anyone know of this?

^ the top 5 is so difficult to comprise, cause there are some nice niggas that do the mic shit. But up until he fucked with 50, his record was flawless… And if you really listen to some of the shit prodigy says, he was never really on that rah rah shit… just basically made it a point to say, if you fuck with him or his crew, they will retaliate ten fold. Plus that interview he did from the joint, gave me a whole new founded respect for the kid.

A 90’s prodigy would fit perfectly into that mixture. Niggas think i’m crazy when I say queens breed the best rappers ever, but am I lying? lol

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Me and Billz were chopping it up about this the other day. Queens wins. Run DMC and LL invented modern rap. That’s enough, but when you throw all those other cats in the mix, it becomes clear. Brooklyn comes close tho.

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June 17th, 2010 at 9:00 am
I’m on a bench high eating chicken wings and french fries….

^This is what baltimoreans call a “chicken box” anyone that visits baltimore, i’ll take you to the best chicken spot ever. It’s funny that 92.Q had a contest on who has the best chicken boxes, and it was up northeast shopping center, where i’m from (northeast baltimore) and where I use to get my 5 wings no saltpepperketcup (c) billz. boxes from.

I went to philly (actually landcaster) and was shocked they served chicken boxes, ole biting ass niccas, lol j/k

ATL has alot of great rappers. I still don’t see how niggas sleep on the old T.I, like niggas don’t remember the vibe magazine cover when he was looked at as the down south jay-z, now who had that same name? T.I now is…………., but trap muzik is reasonable doubt from a different angle (n)

His fustrations with the rap game, his eagerness to jump back into the crack game, his honesty with his life, smh.

if u got rid of all the necessities and requirements of makin a classic then this statement would be true…

^that’s why there is no more classic albums, there’s no necessities or requirements to making a classic, ask niggas outside of nah, or someone outside of your circle, no shots, trap muzik is really a classic

but I was living what T.I was talking bout in 03′ so I feel differently about that album *shrugs shoulders*

Elzhi is dope as fuck, but I would hesitate to say he’s as nice as Lupe. In fact, I would just say that he’s not.

^ I was more talking about the movement as a whole, not pitting one mc against the next. Every area has a unique style off mc’ing and within that style the artist usually expands on. So we are talking styles, and I say Detroit style of mc’ing > Chicago. Simply because most them niggas in the D… rhyme whole bars, not just the last two words.

that’s why there is no more classic albums, there’s no necessities or requirements to making a classic, ask niggas outside of nah, or someone outside of your circle, no shots, trap muzik is really a classic

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i see where your comin from(pause) but if by ur own submission u agree wit my statement how is Trap Musik a classic, whats the basis? i understand u feel a personal connection to it noshots but what classifies it as classic?

i see where your comin from(pause) but if by ur own submission u agree wit my statement how is Trap Musik a classic, whats the basis? i understand u feel a personal connection to it noshots but what classifies it as classic?

3 good singles? Check (even tho classic don’t need a single)

personal songs? Check (I still love you, I can’t quit)

Dope tracklist? Check

Can you listen to it all the way thru? Check

what else do you need for a modern classic? or a classic for that matter? I swear to the god in the sky trap muzik reminds me of reasonable doubt, I mean, i’m not the only person that thinks this, he was crowned the king of the south with his second effort.

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Em, hell nah. Red and Common were neck and neck, but during the 00s Red dropped Malpractice and Red Gone Wild. Common dropped Be. Com wins. Cube released three of the best hiphop LPs ever back to back to back, but his output post ’94 has been, well, pretty fucking awful.

Com’s catalogue is on par with the other 3, which still places him no lower than top 4. Electric Circus and the Neptunes produced one have both aged rather nicely.

how so? Twista pretty much took the whole double time flow style to the next level. Twista has never been wack: multisyallbic rhyme scheme, ability to switch up the flow…He doesn’t have the best ear for beats, but even the greatest have that same problem (see Nas)

And T.I did that with trap muzik, to each ya zone, but I literally fell in love with this cd. I mean, I couldn’t relate to a marine, unless he paints the perfect picture of being at war, or whatever he went thru, T.I drove me thru the A, riverdale, bowen homes, etc with that album

I know majority of nah niggas love that imaginary shit, but honesty is the best policy, and I felt that nigga (n) on trap muzik.

how so? Twista pretty much took the whole double time flow style to the next level. Twista has never been wack: multisyallbic rhyme scheme, ability to switch up the flow…He doesn’t have the best ear for beats, but even the greatest have that same problem (see Nas)

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yaaaaaawn.
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cosign tribe on the comment about Em’s catalog…he got 2 failure albums but so do most the greats.
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@ Joe88– Cosign, cuz listening to the albums in my formative years (bacdafucup, chronic, doggystyle, 36 chambers, black sunday, ready to die, no way out, harlem world), you really felt like you knew all about that world, what the artists were about. Sometimes it was entertaining, sometimes it was exciting, and sometimes it was scary as fuck (“wu tang choppin’ heads? OMG, they’re decapitating people??” #suburbs), but they took you places.

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Made up raps are cool. As long as they’re consistent with the established worldview.

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This, but I also have to be able to suspend disbelief. Rawse is entertaining, but knowing the truth kinda makes me go, “Um, okay…”

And to take it one step further to show I’m not just hating on The Now, when I listen to “No Way Out” or “Forever” and hear Puffy talking on Gun Busting I’m like “Dude, first, No, and 2nd, Jadakiss wrote that”, so it comes into play.

I’d rather have someone rap about real life to know I’m identifying with someone real, otherwise just put me in touch with your ghostwriter (no nr reg) and I’ll ask him how HE dealt with it.

This, but I also have to be able to suspend disbelief. Rawse is entertaining, but knowing the truth kinda makes me go, “Um, okay…”

And to take it one step further to show I’m not just hating on The Now, when I listen to “No Way Out” or “Forever” and hear Puffy talking on Gun Busting I’m like “Dude, first, No, and 2nd, Jadakiss wrote that”, so it comes into play.

I’d rather have someone rap about real life to know I’m identifying with someone real, otherwise just put me in touch with your ghostwriter (no nr reg) and I’ll ask him how HE dealt with it.

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i guess.. but the only thing consistent about the music and the listener… is the music… you dont know (and probably NEVER will) these niggas…

let the music be the music… i had the same issue for awhile about having to be able to “identify” with the music… what is this? you cant identify… it wont happen since you dont run in the same circles as these dudes… yeah i agree that music should affect you on some level but making that identification be a “must” might just sour the whole experience…

“My life a rollercoaster
and i’m starting to feel nautious
but the only thing i’m throwing up is my fingers when I arch em
three on the right hand
four on the left side
breed where the best died
a site you couldn’t visualize

@ Remix– I can suspend disbelief and enjoy a “just for fun” song, even if it’s Awesomely Bad, but for me to connect with an artist and support their career monetarily, I have to care about them.

Like, I enjoy some Rawse/Khaled loud, boisterous songs, but I’ll never cop an album. Meanwhile, I’ll buy any project KanYe West or Joe Budden puts out (provided it’s not just a compilation where they’re only featured on 1 or 2 tracks) because I can relate to ‘em & they make music that has helped me get thru tough times.

So, it’s important for my wallet, but I can still enjoy a song even if I think the artist is full of shit.

@ OH4WERD– Forever had a few good songs, but the world was NOT feeling Puff around then, and when I finally heard the whole thing it was after the I Need A Girl’s came out and the backlash was over.. I was like “Um… k.”

So, it’s important for my wallet, but I can still enjoy a song even if I think the artist is full of shit.

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them niggas have enough money…

maybe thats why my viewpoint is what it is… i dont pay for shit… lol.. i think the last album i purchased was kanyes when he went against 50..

i mean drake was in the ipod 2 1/2 weeks before it came out… BISD too… so then i dont have the “i spent 10 bucks for this shit?” when the album sucks…

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*shrug* I spend money on the artists whose music I consistently enjoy. I haven’t been burned so far, but then again I only buy from certain artists because I enjoy the experience of it. Plus, stealing music is what fucked up the game first and foremost, no matter what people try to say. I can’t be with that. S’like saying “Man, I hate crackheads” but then mixing up your own rocks.

any of u niggas that rap like myself should be buyin albums…obviously bs gets burned but quality shit like Recovery which i already downloaded is gettin bought becuz i support good music(to each his own b4 someone says something), yea these niggas gettin money but i always think of it as i wouldnt want no one downloadin burnin my shit unless A i was unsigned tryin to get my name out there (its a win/win) or B i was signed and put out some free shit

Plus, stealing music is what fucked up the game first and foremost, no matter what people try to say. I can’t be with that. S’like saying “Man, I hate crackheads” but then mixing up your own rocks.

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so you went and purchased TML huh… you REALLY wanna stick with that statement?

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LOL… I did no such thing. I should clarify, stealing music that you would otherwise have paid for is fucking the game up. There’s no chance in hell I’d have ever paid for TML, so d/l’ing it wasn’t taking money out of Drake’s pocket. If I had to pay to hear it, I’d have never heard it, dig?

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i been tryin to grow a beard for 10 years… shit just wont grow in right.. patches and bald spots… i look like a fuckin fiend
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you repping the TRUTH, that Paul Pierce beard haha

my beard is kinda wild right now, on my way to freeway, rick ross shit. ill get a new photo done just for the memories.(for a non muslim white kid) and i gotta trim this weekend. kinda sad… (CORNY JOKE WARNING), ive’ grown so attached to it.

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i been tryin to grow a beard for 10 years… shit just wont grow in right.. patches and bald spots… i look like a fuckin fiend
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you repping the TRUTH, that Paul Pierce beard haha

my beard is kinda wild right now, on my way to freeway, rick ross shit. ill get a new photo done just for the memories.(for a non muslim white kid) and i gotta trim this weekend. kinda sad… (CORNY JOKE WARNING), ive’ grown so attached to it.

LOL… I did no such thing. I should clarify, stealing music that you would otherwise have paid for is fucking the game up. There’s no chance in hell I’d have ever paid for TML, so d/l’ing it wasn’t taking money out of Drake’s pocket. If I had to pay to hear it, I’d have never heard it, dig?

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NO… just… NO… thats like sayin “i stole this range rover.. but thats not really what i wanted.. i REALLY wanted to steal the maybach.. so its no biggie…”

if you download ANY of the music for free… then it is what it is… the rules dont apply only sometimes.. which is why i just say fuck it and go for broke…

anyone smhing at this comment needs to delete ALL of the free shit they’ve takin all year…

Damn, i already said AAEP was dope in this post…so Rigz, tomorrow i will tell you how i feel about Taxi…i wouldn’t want my co-sign to lose value, you know…oh and Sunday or Monday I’ll speak on Recovery. Kewl.

Pac was my favorite rapper from like 7th to 9th grade, then I started appreicating headphone beats and acute lyricism more, and claiming he was overrated became fashionable in most hiphop circles. But I gotta be honest, dude was dope. Not dope in the same way Jay or BIG is dope, but dope in a way that was completely unique to him. Also, arguably the best voice (ll) ever.

@ Remix– I get what you’re saying, but I swear there’s a difference. You’d have a point if I d/l’d Recovery, because I want to hear it and own it, not just hear what it sounds like.

If the only way I could’ve heard TML (which i strictly did to have an opinion on it) was by buying it, it wouldn’t have happened. If I could’ve found a stream, I’d have done it. People had the album online, I d/l’d it, that’s it.

Like, when Encore dropped I streamed it and then bought it cuz I was gonna buy it anyway.

Its just that alot of people disguise REgression by dressing it up as progression. And most people fall for it.
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Agreed. So can you give me examples of both progression and disguised progression, in your opinion?

Pac was my favorite rapper from like 7th to 9th grade, then I started appreicating headphone beats and acute lyricism more, and claiming he was overrated became fashionable in most hiphop circles. But I gotta be honest, dude was dope. Not dope in the same way Jay or BIG is dope, but dope in a way that was completely unique to him. Also, arguably the best voice (ll) ever.

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THANK YOU. SMH @ people treating Pac like a bum. Dude made good music and had a compelling history, end-o-story.

Its just that alot of people disguise REgression by dressing it up as progression. And most people fall for it.
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Agreed. So can you give me examples of both progression and disguised progression, in your opinion?

Smh. Im At currensy listening session at DD172 last night. Got threatened to get my ass beat by one of Dame Dash’s weak ass niggas for having my laptop out trying to type up and album preview.

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*daps Dom*

Wooooord, I saw some of you exchange with Billz on Twitter, but never saw what the root of the issue was. What was the issue, he thought you were trying to record the tracks?

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Yeah i guess so. well thats what that skinny nigga said to us when he rolled up on us. But he said dame is watchin yall on the cameras and wants to send some ppl down here to whoop yall ass. Then he mentioned shit about lawyers and proceeded to quiz me about who is the EIC at complex mag cuz he didnt believe i worked there.smh. Why the fuck would we be recording an album with our laptops, with a 100 people talking over the music bumping through speakers? Currensy is my dude, but aint not one itchin for a shitty version of Pilot Talk.

Plus all these niggas that you run with
Be on some dumb shit
Trick on the hoes?
I aint the one bitch
Holla my name and witness game official
It’s so sick, have every single bitch that came with you
On my dick
Plus this alcohol increases the chance to be deceased
I’m moving you stupid bitches
this is TELEKENESIS

BP3 was a regression in ability and lyrical prowess maybe, but it was irrefutably progression for his career and the rap world
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This is more what i had in mind when i initially made my point about Jeezy. Jay made history with BP3. Only rapper to rewrite history without a pen.

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What are you talking about? I’ve bought all of Jay’s albums!! Bought BP3 without downloading it. After BP3 I’ll be downloading any of his future projects first from now on though. Why should i give props to arguably his weakest effort? makes no sense.

June 17th, 2010 at 10:57 am
U ever have those days where u just feel uninspired??? Like WTF am I doing with my life and why?? like what’s my purpose??? Am I gonna leave this earth broke and pass debt onto my kids???

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yea….i kno what u talkin bout
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That’s when you gotta remember that you got kids to carry you, and you got a whoel life ahead, it may be diff but its more time.
be up, keep your mindate on the positive as much as you can, cuz the negatives comes too easy.

for real, just remember the last time you had peace, like a relaxing moment or some shit, i think of that when im bugging.

I don’t care what niggas say but for a rapper to have a number 1 hit record, at 40 (i don’t care why you niggas say it happened either) and to be going 2x plat at his age and in this climate, well being transcendent would be an understatement, and IMO that feat alone put him a trajectory toward a distinguished career. I call that progression.

Em being one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, RHYMER of all time, is separate from his content. He might be talking about some sick cracka shit, but he’s rhyming that sick cracka shit better than almost anyone has rhymed anything else ever.

That’s when you gotta remember that you got kids to carry you, and you got a whoel life ahead, it may be diff but its more time.
be up, keep your mindate on the positive as much as you can, cuz the negatives comes too easy.

for real, just remember the last time you had peace, like a relaxing moment or some shit, i think of that when im bugging.
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true but sometimes u jus wake up and nothin feels right, its pretty much depression but it sux cuz ur tryin to figure out whts wrong and when u do i.e u aint goinnowhere in life or whatever the case is that shit is like hittin rock bottom

June 17th, 2010 at 11:00 am
He`s a legend and a solid emcee but he`s not scaring anyone in a battle.

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This. Buckshot gets in the Hall of Fame, but not the GOAT list, if that makes any sense.
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WEord, im not gonnna front, i aint listened to him since back when, dude has asolid flow, lyrics, not as repetitive as some would say Rae/Jada is, but for some reaosn i know what you mean. HOF, just not gOAT, and it aint even his fault, wild.

I don’t care what niggas say but for a rapper to have a number 1 hit record, at 40 (i don’t care why you niggas say it happened either) and to be going 2x plat at his age and in this climate, well being transcendent would be an understatement, and IMO that feat alone put him a trajectory toward a distinguished career. I call that progression.

thats all ima say tho, cant talk reasonably on here when Sean’s name is mentioned…
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Don’t try to play me B, I’m practically the only nigga arguing and I’m making valid points. I guess the word progression is too subjective.

The thing that fucks me up, is that Jay is all about progress, and he said his next album will be experimenting, so it might not be number one. Has he progressed to…Nas?
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how u figure? And to everyone jay jas progressed as far as music goes i think alot of peopl are jus discontent with the output…regressin mean takin a step backwards and jay never truly did that, he upgraded from gunplay to dinner parties( not even tryin to be funny) same wit nas from street talk to knowledge.

Em being one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, RHYMER of all time, is separate from his content. He might be talking about some sick cracka shit, but he’s rhyming that sick cracka shit better than almost anyone has rhymed anything else ever.

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I don’t care what niggas say but for a rapper to have a number 1 hit record, at 40 (i don’t care why you niggas say it happened either) and to be going 2x plat at his age and in this climate, well being transcendent would be an understatement, and IMO that feat alone put him a trajectory toward a distinguished career. I call that progression.

There are different lenses that progression can be viewed from. His ability might not be the same, but records like doa, what we talkin bout, and the intro, A star is born, thank you (the best songs on the album aside from Empire state), is progressive content for him, and rap in general. This is of course aided by who he is and where he stands in the game.

>>I don’t care what niggas say but for a rapper to have a number 1 hit record, at 40

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you make it sound like he ripped that album on his own. A. Keys, Kanye, Drake, Pharrell…etc. Jay’s name alone and features like that how could you not expect a number 1 hit record? GOAT career, but that album was ehh imo.

Talk about the music on the CD, D Block…
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FTR, when i made my intial statement regarding Young Jeezy still rapping about coke, i meant progression as in content. Like if Jeezy would start rapping about how his life has changed and what he does now, niggas wouldn’t like that and bash him for it. When you make a certain amount of money and attain a certain amount of success, your content changes…i view going from coke raps to rapping about vacations and how far you’ve come as progression. That’s what i was talking about. It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to know that Hov’s raps have regressed.

“Only rap about keys, how can you call yourself MC’s, think about the kids you mislead”

still Clipse is nasty. they got lyrics, metaphors, and flow. problem is they trying to make it (aka work with some Heroine headline features) and still rap about coke.
not malice tho, hes got that Religious change thing going.

Em being one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, RHYMER of all time, is separate from his content. He might be talking about some sick cracka shit, but he’s rhyming that sick cracka shit better than almost anyone has rhymed anything else ever.

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I can dig that. But I don’t Eminems top 3 albums (whatever you consider them to be) Are better than a list of other rappers top 3 albums. For examples outside of Jay & Nas, Ghostface or Redman

Doc’s Da Name to Malpractice was REGRESSION
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Again, i was talking about where rappers are in their lives, and how they have progressed in their lives is reflected in their musical content. We talking about different types of regression and progression.

“Only rap about keys, how can you call yourself MC’s, think about the kids you mislead”

still Clipse is nasty. they got lyrics, metaphors, and flow. problem is they trying to make it (aka work with some Heroine headline features) and still rap about coke.
not malice tho, hes got that Religious change thing going.

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Word, but they’re not talking about profit they’re talking about pain. and profit lol.

June 17th, 2010 at 11:12 am
“Only rap about keys, how can you call yourself MC’s, think about the kids you mislead”

still Clipse is nasty. they got lyrics, metaphors, and flow. problem is they trying to make it (aka work with some Heroine headline features) and still rap about coke.
not malice tho, hes got that Religious change thing going.

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Word, but they’re not talking about profit they’re talking about pain. and profit lol
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yeah for real, they do say (even in the old songs, some) about the hardships and not do it. regardless, dont get it ttwisted, i used to be (and still am somewhat) a Clipse stan, maybe now a Clipse ST.. no an.

their small live shows are really good tho also getting P beats back then>

So what the fuck are you arguing about? Wipe the Kit-Kat crumbs out your eyes D Block lol
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Again, i was talking about where rappers are in their lives, and how they have progressed in their lives is reflected in their musical content. We talking about different types of regression and progression.

I said if Jeezy would stop talking about COKE then niggas would still wish he was. His content is contingent on his progression in his LIFE.

Em being one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, RHYMER of all time, is separate from his content. He might be talking about some sick cracka shit, but he’s rhyming that sick cracka shit better than almost anyone has rhymed anything else ever.

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I can dig that. But I don’t Eminems top 3 albums (whatever you consider them to be) Are better than a list of other rappers top 3 albums. For examples outside of Jay & Nas, Ghostface or Redman

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Oh, I concur.. I went off on twitter a while back pointing out that KanYe’s first 4 albums were all better track-for-track than Eminem’s, even tho’ Em is a better rapper/rhymer.

I’m just talking about his ability to take words and make them sound similar to each other. I get clowned for my classics portfolio, but I’ve listened to a shit ton of rappers in my life, and I haven’t heard anyone that makes words rhyme better than Eminem. Words, Sentences, Paragraphs.. The white boy does it almost perfectly, even if it’s in a stupid accent or it’s about his dad raping him (no)

therein lies the hate. a lot of these youngins don’t respect the basics in hip-hop anymore, let alone a middle aged black male who’s still good at rapping. lil
niggas egos take flight once they get an audience and they become isolated in thinkin that aint no one fuckin w/them due to said notoriety. then some of them want hov to be a certain way, spit a certain way, not be a trend/jetsetter.

but then when ol’ head wisdom leaks, and niggas get admonished, they regret being ignorant. ie. the game.

it’s envious jargon really. cause niggas tryna reign in how hip-hop should be never win or get the full experience of the culture cause they set in their musical IQs and won’t even attempt to develop these IQs, and hatin’ burns wyle mental energy.

If someone says an artist has progressed, I would just naturally assume you’re talking about said artist’s ARTISTRY. lol
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Yeah Rigz, but i clearly didn’t allude to that when i first made the comment about if Jeezy stopped talking about Coke….either way we were talking about different things.

I’m just talking about his ability to take words and make them sound similar to each other. I get clowned for my classics portfolio, but I’ve listened to a shit ton of rappers in my life, and I haven’t heard anyone that makes words rhyme better than Eminem. Words, Sentences, Paragraphs.. The white boy does it almost perfectly, even if it’s in a stupid accent or it’s about his dad raping him (no)
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If someone says an artist has progressed, I would just naturally assume you’re talking about said artist’s ARTISTRY. lol

Biggie was in constant progression. Verse to verse.

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i dont think that Jayz lyrical content has regressed… i think that that niggas lyrical content has SHIFTED to something OUTSIDE of what YOU want to hear… BUT those people filling up the stadiums DO like hearing it.. its called ADAPTING TO YOUR MAIN AUDIENCE and ANY speaker knows that you have to adapt ALL the time to make sure your speaking points are felt… so while those of us (no shots at all) that have not moved on or shifted our tastes for jays music might not be happy with it.. hes reaching and affecting a brand new audience… so yes the sound has shifted but hes still lyrically potent..

so while those of us (no shots at all) that have not moved on or shifted our tastes for jays music might not be happy with it.. hes reaching and affecting a brand new audience… so yes the sound has shifted but hes still lyrically potent..

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real talk. niggas actin like just cause he rich he can’t get focused anymore and put a album full of ‘takeovas’ out there to shut niggas up. but thas hustlin backwards, why do that?

Fans and rappers relationships are like male and female relationships. However you begin a relationship is how most people expect you to remain throughout that relationship. So if you take chicks on first dates to dope restaurants, fly cars, shopping and shit…if you fall off…that bitch is gone.

Same wit rappers and fans. Rappers change their content they lose some fans because their fans ain’t growing/declining (cause all these niggaz aren’t really progressing) with em.

If anyone cant see the similarities in Hard Knock Life & BP3, then I just dont know…
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My nigga, to sum this all up, the feat Hov accomplished with BP3 is perceived as progression in my eyes, period. You know I’m a rap guy and not a sales guy but it doesn’t change the fact that what he did was remarkable and again i view that as progression. That’s all.

And as far as artistry goes, i feel KC and AG were a regression from anything pre-Black Album and BP3 was a progression from KC and AG…just my opinion.

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I agree with this… Although I respect how slick Jay was in pulling off both of those pimp moves with KC & AG, the actual product was much weaker… BP3 was a step in the right direction compared to both of those albums

I hate the Staples Centre
I dislike Odom
I dont like Gaysol
But the Most I despise Lakers fans, I need to see dreams crushed tonight. I need Kobe to go on a rant again and demand to be traded this summer.

The funny part is I dont like Boston just as much, but its picking the lesser of two evils.